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Enrique M. Saldarriaga
Health Economist. PhD candidate & Research Assistant, The CHOICE Institute
Education
University of Washington
PhD in Health Economics
Seattle, WA
2022 (expected)
Dissertation: The value of reducing uncertainty of HIV-prevalence estimates at the zip code level
University Cayetano Heredia
MS Epidemiology
Lima, Peru
2015
Thesis: Income-Elasticity of Body Mass Index across categories of wealth
University of the Pacific
BS Economics
Lima, Peru
2011
Thesis: Cost-benefit analysis of enhancing the primary care in Peru
Research Experience
Research Assistant
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Sep. 2017 –
Conducted supervised independent research in economic evaluation of competing alternatives for healthcare, mathematical modeling of cervical cancer and HIV, preferences elicitation, econometric modeling, spatial analysis and disease mapping of infectious diseases.
Unit Chief, Vice Ministry of Healthcare and Insurance
Ministry of Health
Lima, Peru
Apr. – Aug. 2017
Lead the creation of an intelligence unit to help monitoring general performance, achievements, and deficiencies of all healthcare facilities under the purview of the Ministry.
Researcher
School of Public Health, University Cayetano Heredia
Lima, Peru
Jul. 2014 – Mar. 2017
Conducted economic evaluations of new technologies for screening and treatment of sexually transmitted disease and public policy analysis of the healthcare system.
Selected Publications
Assessing payers’ preferences for Real World Evidence in the United States: A Discrete Choice Experiment
Value in Health, Ahead of press
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2021
Saldarriaga, EM, Hauber, B, Carlson, JJ, Barthold, D, Veenstra, DL, Devine, B
HIV-prevalence mapping using Small Area Estimation in Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique at the first sub-national level
Annals of Global Health. 2021;87(1)
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2021
Saldarriaga, EM
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of A Program to Delay Progression to Dialysis and Death Among CKD Patients in Lima, Peru
Cost Effectiveness and Resources Allocation (CERA) Journal, 2021;19(1)
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2021
Saldarriaga, EM, Bravo-Zúñiga J, Hurtado-Roca Y, Suarez V
Selected manuscripts under review or preparation
Cost of community-based human papillomavirus self-sampling in Peru: a micro-costing study.
The Lancet Global Health. In press.
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Shin MB, Fiestas JL, Saldarriaga EM, Barnabas RV, Gimbel S, Garcia PJ.
Finding and Treating Early Stage HIV Infections: A cost-effectiveness analysis of the SABES study in Lima, Peru.
Submitted.
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Ulrich A, Adamson B, Saldarriaga EM, et al.
Estimating HIV-prevalence point estimates and uncertainty bounds at the zip code level using existing data. Case of study in Atlanta, Georgia.
In preparation
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Saldarriaga EM, Basu A.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant in the Certificate in Health Economics and Outcomes Research
The CHOICE Institute, University of Washington
Seattle, WA
2020 -
Lecturer in Economics
School of Public Health, University Cayetano Heredia
Lima, Peru
2015 - 2016
Teaching Asssistant in Microeconomics and Econometrics
School of Economics, University of the Pacific
Lima, Peru
2010 - 2014
Honors
Lusted Award Winner for Outstanding Presentation in Quantitative Methods and Theoretical Developments
43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM)
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2021
2021 Louis Sr. and Marilyn Garrison Endowed Prize in Health Policy and Economics
The CHOICE Institute, University of Washington.
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2021
Rubenstein Endowment Grant to support Dissertation research.
School of Pharmacy, University of Washington.
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2021
Stergachis Endowed Fellowship for International Exchange Award.
Department of Global Health, University of Washington.
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2018
Full-tuition Scholarship for the MS in Epidemiology.
School of Public Health, University Cayetano Heredia
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2015
Service
Graduate student representative in the School of Pharmacy Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council (DEIC)
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2020 -
Reviewer Journal of Biomedical Informatics & Value in Health Regional Issues
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2020 -
Student representative in the CHOICE Institute PhD Admission Committee
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2020
President of the University of Washington’s ISPOR Student Chapter
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2019